The GOP's 2012 nominee for president, Mitt Romney, became the latest Republican to say Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore should get out.

'Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections,' Romney tweeted Friday morning. 'I believe Leigh Corfman. Her account is too serious to ignore. Moore is unfit for office and should step aside.'

Both Alabama and Washington, D.C., were rocked yesterday when the Washington Post put out a story documenting the stories of multiple women who were pursued by Moore, sexually, while they were in their teens.

Mitt Romney voiced his opinion in a tweet, sent out Friday morning, noting that he believed the woman's account in the Washington Post

Judge Roy Moore, a far-right candidate for U.S. Senate backed by Steve Bannon, is seeing his political future crumble away, as a number of women have come forward and alleged Moore preyed on them as teens

Leigh Corfman's account led the story, as she explained how as a 14-year-old a 32-year-old Moore, a district attorney at the time, asked for her telephone number outside an Etowah County, Alabama, courtroom, telling Corfman's mother he would look after the teen as her mother attended a child custody hearing.

Moore soon called on the underage girl, took her to his house and kissed her.

The second time they went, he took off his clothes and hers, touched her over her bra and panties and guided her to do the same to him.

The details were corroborated by Corfman's friends from that era, along with her mother who learned about the interactions with Moore more than a decade later.

Other women who had similar, underage, encounters with Moore also spoke out.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who had supported Moore's primary opponent, incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, in the special election's GOP primary said Thursday that if the allegations were true it was time for Moore to 'step aside.'

Also on Thursday, Sen. John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said Moore needed to 'immediately step aside.'

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump 'believes if allegations are true [Moore] will do the right thing and step aside.'

A day later, and he still hasn't, while the calls for him to leave the race have become more intense.

'Harvey Weinstein, Anthony Weiner, Roger Ailes, Roy Moore…No MOORE of this,' said Rep. Barbara Comstock in a statement Friday. 'I believed the stories from the victims of Harvey Weinstein, Roger Ailes and others because they were substantiated and consistent with the stories of how sexual predators operate.'

'To date Roy Moore has not provided any credible explanation or response to the detailed allegations,' the Virginia Republican continued. 'The defense from some of his supporters is beyond disturbing.'

She pointed to conservative magazine, the National Review, whose editorial board stated that Moore should drop out and said she agreed.

'Roy Moore should not serve in the U.S. Senate,' she said.

Using a card from the Trump playbook, Moore has labeled the allegations fake news, even sending a fundraising plea out addressing them.

'The Obama-Clinton machine's liberal media lapdogs just launched the most vicious and nasty round of attacks against me I've EVER had,' Moore wrote in the email, asking for support from 'God-fearing Christians like you.'

By Friday afternoon he had doubled down, appearing on Sean Hannity's radio show to refute the allegations and denying them, too, in a statement.

'I have never provided alcohol to minors, and I have never engaged in sexual misconduct,' he said in the statement, adding that he couldn't 'understand the mentality of using such a dangerous lie to try to personally destroy someone.'

'I strongly urge the Washington Post, and everyone involved, to tell the truth,' he also said.

On Hannity, Moore said, 'This is a completely manufactured story made to defraud this campaign.'

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, speaking to an audience in New Hampshire on Thursday, drew parallels between the Post's reporting on Moore and the paper's release in October of last year of the infamous Access Hollywood 'p****' tape, which practically derailed Trump's presidential campaign.

He spoke of the link in a conspiratorial way.

'But it's interesting, the Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump, is the same Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore,' he said.

In last month's primary, Moore was the candidate backed by Bannon, who split from his ex-boss, the president, who had backed the McConnell-approved Strange.

Strange had been appointed by Alabama's governor to take the seat that was vacated by now Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

But Bannon wanted to see the more conservative Moore in the seat as he's started waging his war against GOP Senate incumbents, who Bannon blames for the president's inability to get any major legislation passed in the almost 10 months since Trump's swearing-in.

In a way, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's loss Tuesday night, was a Bannon win, proving that a candidate can't only be halfway in when it comes to Trump.

Gillespie had used some of Trump's messaging to his advantage, though also kept the unpopular president a distance away.

He was creamed by his opponent, Democrat Ralph Northam.

However, come Thursday, now Bannon's meddling seems like a bad decision again, as Strange would have easily won in next month's general election, as Alabama is pretty solidly a red state.

Moore is set to compete against Democrat Doug Jones in a special election slated for December 12, 2017 – just 32 days away.

Alabama's Secretary of State John Merrill said on CNN yesterday that under Alabama law Moore's name can't be removed from the ballot, though the state GOP could ask Merrill to disqualify Moore.

Merrill suggested to CNN's Erin Burnett that the allegations leveled against Moore could indeed be disqualifying.

MOORE DOUBLES DOWN AND DENIES ALLEGATIONS

Yesterday, I made a statement that the allegations described in a Washington Post article against me about sexual impropriety were false.

It has been a tough 24 hours because my wife and I were blindsided by an article based on a lie supported by innuendo.

It seems that in the political arena, to say that something is not true is simply not good enough.

So let me be clear.

I have never provided alcohol to minors, and I have never engaged in sexual misconduct. As a father of a daughter and a grandfather of five granddaughters, I condemn the actions of any man who engages in sexual misconduct not just against minors but against any woman.

I also believe that any person who has been abused should feel the liberty to come forward and seek protection.

I know that a lot of people wonder why this story was written. Why would women say these things if they are not true? I can’t fully answer that because as much as I have disagreed vehemently on political issues with many people over the years, I cannot understand the mentality of using such a dangerous lie to try to personally destroy someone.

As a former Judge and administer of the law, I take the protection of our innocent as one of my most sacred callings. False allegations are gravely serious and will have a profound consequence on those who are truly harassed or molested.

I strongly urge the Washington Post, and everyone involved, to tell the truth.

That is all we can do, and I trust that the people of Alabama, who know my record after 40 years of public service, will vouch for my character and commitment to the rule of law."